Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23054, Miles Ford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ford, Miles Susannah
W 23054
CONTENTS

6072.)
Maine
Miles Ford, private,
Massachusetts line 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of April 1810
certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Jan'y 1819 and det d R. C. Foss
arrears to 4th of Feb 1818: 4 mo. 26/30 38.93 emi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819. 48. 00
$86.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Clinton,
Continued
[Faint vertical handwriting on the right page:] M d William Smith July 12. 1820 R. C. Foss Esq. Augusta, Maine

1473 Maine Susannah Ford widow of Miles Ford who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of ninety six Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th  first day of March  July , 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the second day of Jany 1831 and sent to
G H Morton Augusta Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 11 Vol. 1

I Miles Ford of Berwick in the County of Kennebec & the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a naturalized citizen of the United States do on oath testify & declare, that I served as a private in the War of the Revolution for about seven years, & from reduced circumstances I now need the assistance of my country for support. - I first enlisted into Capt. Woods company at Berwick & marched to Cambridge where I served eight months - after that I served three months under Captain Roberts. I then enlisted for five months & marched to Ticonderoga - where I was discharged - after I returned home to Berwick I enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Derby of Col. Bailey's Regiment of the Massachusetts line for the term of three years. I served during said term & rec d . an honorable discharge at West Point. I again enlisted for three years & served until the end of the War, when I was honorably discharged. - I have none of the said discharges in my possession, & I am unable to say how they have been lost or mislaid. - I have no recollection of seeing them for more than thirty years since - but I have a muster certificate which Miles Ford attests. S. S. Wilde & unto annex his X Ford Mark
Kennebec ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this 9 th day of April A.D. 1818 the above named Miles Ford after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed - before me -
S. S. Wilde
for Sup. Jud. Court
for P. Com th

I Salathiel Penny of Waterville in the County of Kennebec of lawful age do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Miles Ford within Na- med - that I frequently saw him in the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution - I saw him at Cambridge, & afterwards at Lake George or Ticonderoga, & afterwards at West Point - & I always understood that he served during the whole War -
Salathiel Penny
Kennebec ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this 9 th day of April A.D. 1818 the above named S. Penny after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - before me - J. S. Wilde
Jur. Sup. Jud. Court for P. Com th
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
The Subscribe, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec hereby certify, that the Honorable Samuel S. Wilde Esq. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, and that by the direction of the said Judge I have affixed to his Certificate, bearing His Signature, the Seal of said Court - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand: Dated at Augusta in said County of Kennebec, this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred, & eighteen.
J. H. DAVIS

Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged described both the oath and schedule on the ninth day of June 1820
Before me
Nathan Weston Jr G. J. C. C. Pleas. -
Attest Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk

265
Miles Ford
6.072 8. Jan y 1818
Mar 1818
Robert C. Vose, Augusta Maine

State of Maine.
365
Copy
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this month , day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  in open Court before  Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Miles Ford aged seventy six years, resident in Clinton in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Dorby and Regiment commanded by Colonel Bayley of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years  he was in both of the battles at the taking of Burgoyne , and afterwards served more than three years in the same Massachusetts line, his whole service more than six years in Continental Establishment.
that his original declaration was made before Judge Wilde on the March day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6072 . And I, the said Miles Ford do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
attest
his Miles x Ford mark
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz :
one old cow and calf value of fifteen dollars, one swine & two pigs five dollars. I have no debts due to me that can be collected and I owe as much as forty dollars. My family consists of myself, and my wife Susanna aged sixty five years who had her arm broken about eight years since, and has never regained her strength, or the use of her arm. The income of the foregoing property does not exceed five dollars a year, except the above, and my clothing and bedding I have no estate or income whatever. I have no trade or profession.
attest R. C. Vose
his Miles x Ford mark

1843 Susannah Ford widow of Miles Ford who was a pensioner under Act of 1818, on Maine Roll. for benefit of Act of July 7, 1838.
Marr'd 1789- Died 1830-
adm'd 2 years pri 80 $
No deduction
George W. Morton Augusta Me

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset Kennebec County, ss.
On this twenty fourth day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine  Susannah Ford a resident of Clinton in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Miles Ford late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the law of Congress of March 18 th 1818 that his pension was payable at the State of Maine agency for paying pension that she believes he furnished the War Department with the evidence of his services in the Army of the Revolution for the purpose of establishing his pension under said Act to which she refers.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Miles Ford on the twenty fifth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and Ninety ; that her husband, the aforesaid Miles Ford died on the fifteenth day of August 1830 in the town of Clinton aforesaid ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That her name before marriage was Susannah Fernald that she was married by Rev. Nathl Lord at Berwick she states her marriage to the best of her recollection. her oldest child is forty eight years old Susannah Ford X mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me (the applicant being of full age and in full possession of her senses to appear in open court)
Nathan Weston C.J. S. J. C.

State of Maine.
On the twenty fourth day of August, 1838, Susannah Ford, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. I am satisfied, that she was married to Miles Ford, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the eighteenth day of October 1789, although she, from defect of memory, states it to have been a year later. I am further satisfied, that the said Miles Ford deceased, on the fifteenth of August, 1830, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Hancock ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Court, in and for said county hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston, before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State. I also CERTIFY, That the within contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Susannah Ford for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 18th day of September A. D., 1838.
Thos Swan

I David Hudson of Fairfield in the County of Somerset State of Maine do testify and declare upon oath that I am well acquainted with Susannah Ford the widow of Miles Ford late a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States that she has remained unmarried ever since the death of her late husband the said Miles Ford David Hudson
State of Maine County of Somerset ss.
August 24. 1828. Subscribed and sworn to. I certify the deponent a credible Witness
Before me Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.

Extract from the Records of the Town of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine under the head of Marriages Solemnized by Elder Nathaniel Lord Minister of the Gospel in said Town is the following Entry viz n Seventeen hundred and eighty nine October the eighteenth. Miles Ford with Susanna Fernald both of Berwick I Joseph Prime Clerk of said Town of Berwick certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records with the excep- tion of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible Figures as follows viz n 1789 October 18. Joseph Prime Town Clerk.
I Joseph Prime above named depose testify and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of the same Town with the exception aforesaid as certified by me
State of Maine — Joseph Prime Town Clerk. County of York ss subscribed and sworn to by the above named Joseph Prime Before me Charles E. Norton Jus. Peace
I Charles E. Norton Justice of the Peace certify that Joseph Prime above named who is well known to me is a man of truth and veracity and his Statements are intitled to full credit —
Charles E. Norton Jus. Peace
Charles E. Norton Esq is a Justice of the peace for the county of York. Nathan Weston

FORD, MILES (MASS.) W-23054

Berwick March 30 th 1782  These May Certify that Miles Lord has enlisted into the Continental Service for the term of three years has appeared and passed. Muster before me Dominicus Goodwin Muster Master Miles Lord  age 32. Stationed at Red Bank 5 th Regt

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23054
Jusannah Ford Wed. of Miles Ford Priv. Rev. War.
Act Feb 2 d 1848
Index: Vol A , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sebastopol, Maine
Nov. 15 th 1850
Hon. Fann L. Edward
Queser of Pension.
Sir
I am now a U.S. Pensioner under the act of Feb 2. 1848 at $80 per annum my pension is payable at the Agency in Portland State of Maine where it has been paid to Sept 4. 1850. I have been pensioned also under the acts of July 7. 1838, March 3. 1843, June 17. 1844 on account of the Revolutionary Service of my late husband Millard Ford who was a pensioner under Act of March 18. 1818 and died Aug 15. 1830. I hereby authorize Geo M. Marton of Augusta in the State of Maine to act as my attorney in establishing my claim for an increase of my pension under any & all laws of the U.S. that entitle me to the increase.
Witness,
Isaac D. D. D. Susanna X Ford Wm Winn mark
I do hereby revoke all authority I have heretofore given to any person to act as agent for me having been imposed upon and bargained to give one half the amount of my increase of Pension for establishing my claim.
Witness.
attest Joseph Heard Wm Winn
Susanna X Ford mark

Augusta Maine
Aug 5. 1848.
Sir
I herewith transmit declarations of Susanna Ford - Mary Hlander and Martha True, widows entitled to pensions under the Act of Feb. 2 1848, and would respectfully request you to allow their claims and send me for Ken (as their agent) such certificates as you issue in similar cases.
Very respectfully
Yr Obt Servt.
Geo W. Morton
James L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City

Susannah Ford no 1473 p 80.
Payment to be made at
Portland
by
William Woodbury Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 11 Vol. 1.
Geo. H. King
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Susannah Ford widow of Miles Ford . who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 25 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Hb. L. Mancy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. By H. L. Evans

Due to $96 per annum less former pays at $80 per annum Comm 1 July 1848.
G. W. Morton Augusta Me

Augusta, Maine, Nov 16 th 1850.
Sir,
I herewith enclose the Pension Certificate of Susanna Ford and her Application for an increase of her pension. if satisfactory I would respectfully request you to grant her claim, and send me as her agent such certificates as you issue in like cases.
Very Respectfully
Yr Obed Servt
Geo. H. Morton
Hon James L. Edwards, Commr of Pensions Washington

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Twenty dollars and cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and  Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

707. Maine.
Susannah Ford,
widow of Miles Ford who was a Private
in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of July, 1843 and sent to
Geo. M. Morton Augusta, Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4. Vol. 1 Page 4.

1473
Name Susannah Ford, widow of Miles Ford, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of August 1848 and sent to
Glo. M. Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page // Vol. /,
RI
77

Susannah Ford
aa
707
admitted
Geo W Norton Augusta Maine.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this thirteenth day of July A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Susannah Ford a resident of Sebasticook in the County of Kennebec aged Eighty seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Miles Ford who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Miles Ford at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS: Crosby Hinds James M. Dole
Susannah X Ford mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME, Crosby Hinds
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Crosby Hinds
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Crosby Hinds is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 5th day of August in the year 18 48
Wm M Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

18 Maine - 1129.
- Susannah Ford - widow of Miles Ford, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 June 1838 and who died on the 15 th Aug. 1830 - of Litchfield in the State of Maine who was a P. in the Company commanded by Captain Quimby of the Rgt. commanded by Bayley in the Mass'ts line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Nov. '38, and sent Gen. W. Mead Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. - $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
40.00
$ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bussey Clerk, Book A Vol. 1- Page 9.

683 Susannah Ford
Schoonook Me Apr. 19/84
12
George W. Horton Esq.
Augusta Me
Admit, private $80.
Maine Agency
Send To
Geo W Horton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, } County of Kennebec ss. } On this fourteenth day of April A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Susannah Ford _____ a resident of Sebasticook in the County of Kennebec aged eighty two years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Miles Ford who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Miles Ford at the rate of eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Miles Ford having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness Matthias Weeks Wm Worrall
Susannah  +  Ford mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me, Matthias Weeks
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Miles Ford deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Matthias Weeks
Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine County of Kennebec, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held for and within the said County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Matthias Weeks is a Justice of the Peace, as within stated, and that the within signature purporting to be his, are genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court the 22 d of March the twenty second day of April 1843.
A. B. Nichols

Doc Susanna Ford allowed
H. D. Johnson Present

State of Maine
County of Kennebec
} ss.
On this day of sixteenth of November A. D. 1850 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for every said County in said State personally appeared Susanna Ford of Sebasticook in the county of Kennebec aforesaid aged ninety one years
and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Niles Ford late of said Sebasticook deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that she formerly called Clinton has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of
per annum, and is now a Pensioner under the Act of 2 d February 1848 that she now asks for all arrears or increase of Pension to which she may be enti- tled under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case, vix. 7th July, 1838; 3d March, 1843; 17th June, 1844; 2d February, 1848; Joint Resolution of 23d January, 1845; and 1st July, 1848; that she now resides in said County and State.
Witness,
Wm Winn
her Susanna A Ford mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me, Arthur M c Arthur
Justice of the Peace.
Throughout the State

State of  Maine
County of Kennebec
ss.
Clerk's Office,
Nov. 7th. A. D. 1850 }
Clerk of the Judicial
I, W. M. Stratton Courts
in and for said County of Kennebec
certify that
Arthur McArthur of Limington is an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for said County of every County of said State duly qualified to act as such, that the commission of the said Arthur McArthur is dated August 5. 1850 and will expire August 6. 1857,
and that the foregoing SIGNATURE, purporting to be his, is Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Sup Judicial Court, the day and year first above written.
Wm M. Stratton
CLERK.

Miles Ford Clinton Kennebec County p t Col Bailey's Mass. Reg
1777 to 1780
3 years
April 9. 1860
Information relative to - in the case of Miles Ford
See Miles correct

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify to your Honor that the within named Miles Ford, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Clinton in the District of Maine & Commonwealth aforesaid on the 9 th day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hun- dred & eighteen, made application to me to receive his decla- ration under oath, & such other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same & the pro- ceedings to be had thereon to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" passed March 18 th 1818 - which declaration & the other evidence produced by the said Applicant is herewith annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor that after a careful examination of the said applicant & a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said Applicant did serve as a private soldier on the continental establishment against the common Enemy in the War of the Revolution for the term of more than nine months as stated in his declaration aforesaid & that from reduced circumstances he needs the assis- tance of his Country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & have caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereunto affixed this first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen.
S. S. Wilde
J. S. G. South for S. Gorn